Lightroom Classic crashes while using Face Detection

Issue

Lightroom 6.14 or earlier crashes if you use the Face Detection feature.

Affected versions

Lightroom 6.14 or earlier

Workaround

Turn off the Automatically Detect Face option

  1. Launch Lightroom 6.14.

    Note:

    Lightroom may crash on launch If you were in the People view or you switched to the People view when the crash occurred. To fix this, reset the preferences. For more information, see Restore Lightroom Classic preferences to default settings

  2. Select Edit > Catalog Settings > Metadata (Windows) or Lightroom Classic > Catalog Settings > Metadata (macOS) 

  3. Deselect Automatically detect faces in all photos option under Face Detection.

    Deselect Automatically detect faces in all photos
    Deselect Automatically detect faces in all photos

Note:

Do not move to the People view or start Face Detection from the Identity Plate, because it enables this feature and can result in the crash.

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